Vitex siamica
F. N. Williams
LamiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The pale purple fruit are eaten raw and have a slightly bitter flavor.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows on limestone. It grows between 160-530 m above sea level.
Asia, Malaysia, SE Asia, Thailand,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 2-18 m tall. The trunk can be 20-90 cm across. The bark is flaky and cracked. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The central leaflet is narrowly oval and 6-8 cm long by 3 cm wide. The side leaflets are 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. They are wedge shaped at the base and taper to the tip. The fruit are pale purple and 3-5 mm across.
Production
In Bornero plants flower May to July and fruit May to December.
References (1)
- de Oko, R., 2008, The genus Vitex (Labiatae) in the Flora Malesiana region, excluding New Guinea. Kew Bulletin 63: 17-40
